The CIA three months
ago suspended its long-standing use of an air base in Pakistan as a
launch site for armed drones targeting members of al-Qaeda and other
militant groups, according to U.S. and Pakistani officials.

U.S.
personnel and Predator drones remain at the facility, in the
southwestern province of Baluchistan, with security provided by the
Pakistani military, officials from both countries said. In recent days,
Pakistan has publicly declared that it “ended” all U.S. flights from
the base in the wake of the secret U.S. commando raid that killed
al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in May.